This publication is dedicated to social studies education at all levels. Articles and teaching ideas in this issue are: "Defending Multicultural Education, Academic Freedom, and Democracy in the Wake of 9/11/01" (A. Singer); "Teachers Respond to 'Defending Multicultural Education'"; "'Any Other Day': Dealing with the Tragedy of the World Trade Center Disaster" (L. Klein); "Civic Learning through Deliberation" (R. H. McKenzie; L. Hellerman); "Representative Democracy: A New Perspective" (A. Rosenthal; M. Fisher); "Defending First Amendment Rights in Schools" (M. Pezone); "Human Rights Education at the Dawn of the 21st Century" (D. N. Banks); "Nuclear Controversy: Sourcebook for an Inquiry Curriculum" (A. Shapiro); "A History of Great Britain and the U.S. in the Middle East" (A. Singer); "Understanding a Globalized World" (P. Bell); "Book Reviews"; "Talking with Children about War, Peace and Hope" (J. Y. Singer); "What Social Studies Teachers Should Know about AIDS in South Africa" (S. Hoffman); "Museum of Slavery Project" (S. Hunte; R. G. Thompson; R. Kurtz); "Stand and Deliver: A Technique to Bring the Teaching of Essential Questions to Life" (K. Sheehan; G. Kalner); "Current Events Matters for Elementary Students and Teachers" (A. Libresco); "Ideas for Using Computers in Your Seventh Grade Social Studies Class" (J. Debler); "Social Studies Resources on the Web" (P. Trapani); "Reconstruction: A Failure or a Success?" (A. Stevens); "The American Civil War as a Cause for Canadian Confederation" (D. June); "From Yenan to the Yangtze: A Unit on Chinese Geography" (C. Snyder); and "Jazz Up Social Studies" (C. B. Weatherford). (BT)